How to Use elitist in a Sentence

elitist

1 of 2 noun

• But that isn’t to say the prolific 79-year-old artist is an elitist.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 14 June 2022
• Don’t be a scold, don’t be a moaner, don’t be a finger-wagging elitist, don’t be an eco-bore, don’t be a mentally ill homeless guy.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022
• Ava’s a comedy elitist, believing funny stories are preferable to the zingers that have been the bedrock of Deborah’s career.
  — Jeanne Jakle, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2021
• Miller portrayed Warner as an elitist who spent too much time squiring stars, including Barbara Walters.
  — Eileen Putman, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2021
• The GOP successfully turned that into a liability at home, implying that the presidential candidate was an out-of-touch elitist.
  — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
• Those unions’ rank and file, increasingly, see Democrats as cultural elitists who look down on them and want to replace their jobs.
  — David Weigel, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025

elitist

2 of 2 adjective

• The fashion world, the Met Gala, all of that can feel very elitist at times.
  — Emil Wilbekin, Essence, 21 Aug. 2023
• But [at the same time], the fashion world itself was so elitist.
  — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2023
• No culture is too haughty for a sight gag or too elitist for a pun.
  — Michelle Cohn, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2022
• Many see her as the no-fuss royal, with neither a temper nor elitist airs, the steady calm at Charles’s side.
  — Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
• Musk tried to brand blue checkmarks as elitist and corrupt.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2023
• Those who criticize golf often say the sport is elitist and costs too much.
  — Tom Pilcher, CNN, 13 Oct. 2020
• French politics has become an elitist preserve of white men from the best schools.
  — Nabila Ramdani, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• The notion that there is something snobbish and elitist about dressing up.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
• The pitch was aimed directly at overcoming the elitist tag.
  — Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
• In fact, the idea that a worker should never have a rough patch in their career, or a period without a decent job, is deeply elitist.
  — Cynthia Watson, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• López Obrador denies the reforms are a threat to democracy and says criticism is elitist.
  — Fabiola Sanchez, ajc, 27 Feb. 2023
• College antics that used to be accepted are now seen as elitist, sexist, or worse.
  — Will Jeakle, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
• Some residents and businesses on Pico paint the gates as elitist.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
• And about having specific opinions about art not being some elitist hoity-toity thing.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
• Throughout her career, Freelon has often had to push back against norms that feel elitist and segregated.
  — Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
• The tournament is largely removed from its reputation as an elitist sport for the rich.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• Allowing people to pay to cut lift lines will make the sport even more elitist, some skiers and snowboarders say Ski areas have been winter’s playgrounds for decades.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Oct. 2021
• The incident is likely to revive concerns that the palace is elitist and out of touch regarding issues of race and identity.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 30 Nov. 2022
• Some people think that Latinx is an elitist term that is mostly used in academic settings.
  — Minhae Shim Roth, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2020
• Meet 9 Kentucky cats who get the job done A few folks on social media called out the Kentucky Colonels for being elitist or ceremonial.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023
• The two are now determined to change the face of the sport, which has been historically seen as too White, expensive, elitist and exclusionary.
  — CBS News, 18 July 2022
• Peru where Mori plays Norma who, after being ditched by her husband (played by Meier), must face the scorn of Lima’s elitist high society.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 Nov. 2022
• In the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, a community living under the clouds of war, what has been dismissed as elitist elsewhere has emerged as a pillar of strength and support.
  — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2023
• But what is elitist today could be equal or even essential tomorrow.
  — Martin Boyd, Forbes, 25 July 2022
• Is the criticism of Robinhood just an elitist attitude that most people can’t be trusted to invest their own money?
  — New York Times, 28 July 2021
• Or even something pretentious and self-involved and elitist to a fault — those sculptures and paintings and, yes, motion pictures can’t all be masterpieces.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2023
• In that regard, especially, the current system stands in ironic opposition to the one imagined by the elitist founders of the College Board in the mid-20th century.
  — David Perry, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
• Indeed, Davos has been seen by some as elitist and out-of-touch, Scholte said.
  — Lucy Handley, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2026
• There’s no elitist choosing that happens, like with the vampire.
  — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
• Those are more elitist bakeries.
  — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025